Divergent foraging behavior in a hybrid zone: Darwin’s tree finches (Camarhynchus spp.) on Floreana Island

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 181-190

  Peters, Katharina J ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Conservation; Ecological niche; Hybridization; Scalesia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAMARHYNCHUS; CAMARHYNCHUS PARVULUS; CAMARHYNCHUS PAUPER; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 84921858874     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.1.181     Document Type: Article

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